ED Registered Nurse
Seattle, Washington
Swedish Medical Center - First Hill Campus

Job Opportunity: Registered Nurse - Emergency Department

Location

• Seattle, Washington

Employment Type

• Travel/Contract

Contract Length

• 13 weeks

Work Schedule

• Night shifts, 3 shifts per week, 12 hours each (19:00 - 7:30)
• Weekends required every other weekend
• Shift start times vary: 07:00, 09:00, 12:00, 15:00, 19:00
• Schedule posted every 6 weeks
• Non-holiday days off (DTO) are 5 days plus 1 week added to the end of the contract

Job Description

• Work in a busy Emergency Department with typical adult and pediatric ER patients
• Patient care areas include ambulance triage, ED holding, lobby triage, and 40 total beds (11 hallway beds and 29 regular beds)
• Clinical skills required:

  • Breathing treatments
  • Chest tube setup and care
  • CPAP/BiPAP management
  • Procedure sedation and rapid sequence intubation (RSI) drugs
  • Tracheostomy care and ventilator management
  • Blood and blood product administration
  • Cardioversion and defibrillation
  • Use of cooling/warming blankets
  • Continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT)/dialysis
  • Obtaining 12-lead EKGs
  • Use of rapid infuser devices
• Must be open to floating to different campuses within the system

Required Qualifications

• Valid Registered Nurse (RN) license in Washington
• Minimum 1 year of Emergency Department (ED) experience within the last year
• Completion of at least one travel nursing assignment
• Associate of Science in Nursing (ASN) or Associate Degree in Nursing (ADN)
• Certifications:

  • ACLS (Advanced Cardiac Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association
  • BLS (Basic Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association or Heart and Stroke Foundation
  • PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) issued by the American Heart Association or Heart and Stroke Foundation
  • NIHSS (National Institutes of Health Stroke Scale) certification